V 1 pl,Hr AuWorlum rmrr E GAZE1 irrvnrvii'Mj .CL PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY Volume 37, Number 47. HEPPNER OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921. Subscription $2.00 Per Year CO-OPERATIVE GRAIN MARKETING MEETING Firiarm (lather at I. U. O. F. Hall to Hear Speakers Who- Favor Blgallia 1 Contract. Attendance la Uood. To discus the details of the Oregon Cooperative tlraln Growers plan, a meetfiiK of farmers and business met. was held at I. (. J. F. hall In Heppner on last Saturday afternoon which was well attended. The Cooperative Grain tlrowers Association was fuljy launchefi u few weeks ago at a meeting In The Dalles composed of leading representa tlves of the Farmers Union, Farm Bu reau. Grange and others who have at heart the welfare of the farmers of thr state. A contract has teen drawn up which was fully endorsed at this meet tug, and the farmers of the various counties of the state are now being culled together in meetings for the pur pose of hearing the contract read anl explained, and also to get them Inter ested In signing up the contract which will hind them each one to the other to sell his wheat through the association for tkjn coming six years. Men from the outside who were pres ent at this meeting and took part In the discussion were Dr. Hector Mcpherson of O. A, C. Torvallis: N. 11. !,eavelle of Portland, Victor Smith of Wasco and K. It. Khumway of Pendleton. Dr. Mc pherson representa the Oregon, Agri cultural College In Its work of extend ing the cooperative marketing plan to the various farming Industries of the state, and it was his particular mission nt the meeting on Saturday to explain the contract to those present. This he did by rending it over carefully para graph at n time He had much to do with the formulating of the contrac'. which he states had been drawn up by one of the best disinterested lawyers In the state, that Its legal aspects would he properly set forth. Dr. Mcl'herson has been engaged In this line of work f-ir many years and has personally In vestigated the cooperative marketing plans In various states and countries to such an extent that, he Is now oonsld ered on nulhority on the subject. Manv questions were asked Dr. McPherson as he proceeded with his explanations and the ninst of the people present i'.p l.eaied to he unite well satisfied wil.i the document after the doctor had fin ished. Preceding Dr. Mj-Pherson were N. L Lenvello of Portland and Victor Smith of Wasco. The latter Is a practical far mer of Sherman county. Is vice-president of the state Farm Bureau and n strong supporter of the cooperative movement as it pertains to the wheat farmer. He believes' the plan propoBe.l Is entlrey feasible and practical, nftl having given It a thorough Investiga tion; It will benefit nllke the proudcer and consumer. In the opinion of Mr Smith He further stated that the plan of marketing would be along the lines of that followed by the Oanadiftn gov ernment grain commission during the wnr, when farmers nvwthere received i:.G3 a bushel fur their wheat and were paid m the installment plan, $2.15 on delivery, and then, as selling advanced. 3d cents more was paid, leaving IS rents to he turned over to the farmer at the end of the selling season. Mr fcmlth further showed that the plan would eliminate the dumping of the farmers' entire crop onto the market at once nnd the handling w-ould be so distributed as to put the grain on the market as needed: grain would also he sold on the basis of grode and every man to the contract would get what his grade of wheat entitled him to re ceive, less, of course, the small per centage of cost necessary to the han dling. The very best Inlent that can he secured to attend to the selling end would he what Mr. Smith desires. Mr. Lenvelle, who has mado an ex tensive study of cooperative marketing and who has for a number of years been considered by the Farmers Cnlon as hluh authority on this subject, spoke at some length and presented the sub ject from that angle. Mr. Lenvelle cited conditions of marketing as they now exist, and showed that the farmer was up against a condition, that, If he remained In business, must be remedied "What would become of any other line of industry if It was compelled by tn'V or by eeonomlepressuro to continue to produce at the highest pressure regard leas of market conditions. That is your present condition and has nlways been Your only hope was for the very un usual circumstance of a good yield In your locality nnd a high price. How ninny such have you known?" was part of the Introductory remarks of the V'ontlnueil on Pago Six) Samuel Goldwyn WILL RO GE RS WATERWATER EVERYWHERE WRllghtoh pirccted by Clarence Badger AT Till: STAIl THHAi'KIl, KIUDAV U. S. Public Health Service Makes Survey of This County In Morrow county there are 89 per sons, 6S men and 20 women, who are dependent on the county. There are also 8 children, 47 boys and 21 girls, who are overage for their grade In school. These figures are taken from an Ore gon state survey of mental defect, de linnnnpv and denendencv. lust com pleted by Dr. Chester L. Carlisle of the United States Public Health Service. This .nrvov was made at the request of the legislature and was conducted through the extension division or tne I'nivur.itv nt nreean. The Informa tion for this report fvas obtained from Oregon citizens, in .ion li nir with children who are backward In school, the report dis closes the fact that the greatest num ber are backward because of mental defects, nnd mental dullness. The num ber affected In this way la 28, 15 of .-h- ore hnvs and 11 girls. 21 child ren are behind because of physical de fects, the most serious defect being un j. n,.,,i This Is the cause of the backwardness of five; general 111 health of four, defective signi, inreo, k.j hahits. three. Other physical defects are under-nourlshment defective hearing, defective teem, ano ,!... ,,i. i. Nine children are be hind their grade In school because of pnrental troubles, two irom enls, and seven from Irregular attend ance In school. Environment conditions lorm an - . ..i. fnr mhlrh these inner class ui children ore backward In school, four live at long distances from school, ano ...hnnl late. Two arc re tarded because of carelessness and bad habits, two because of frequent mu- Ing. and one has been kept nome work. nnienv Is the main cause for no- ii in Morrow county according lo this report. 23 persons, 58 men nnd 2 women, being dependent for this cause. Four are dependent because of mental deficiency, one because of insan- Ity.one epilepsy, one IB crippieo aim twenty-four arc dependent from other causes. FUNERAt OF C. B. SPERRY The death of C. I!. Sperry, which oc curred In Portland suddenly on Tuesday of Inst week, removes from that little city one of Its foremost cltiiens. Mr. Sperry had been sick but a few weeks at his home In lone, but was so fully recovered as to he able to go to Port land where he wished to take treat ment fur the inaladv from which he was suffering. Reports coming home to his famllv un to a very short time before his demise, were V the effect that he was doing well and expected to he home before many days, quite fully recovered. A stroke of appoplexv un Hib immediate cause of his death, the news of which came as a shock to his many friends at lone and through out the county. ("has. Tl. Sperry was horn In Linn nnntv Oreiron. June 23. lsB, and came to Morrow county with his parents, Ellsha and Nancy Sperry In 1871, re siding here almost continuously since that time. On November 2", 1894. he was married to Caldona Ritchie at tone, who with four children survive. Ho had been In business in lone for mnv vears and at the time of his death was conducting a warehouse In that plnce and buying wheat. In whlcn lines of endeavor he had been quite successful, being one gf the foremost grain buyers In the county. His fun eral was held at the public auditorium iti Inn a nn Saturday and was attended by one of the largest gatherings ever brought together on a similar occasion In lh .-nnntv W. O. MvltlgStone, Of this city, delivered the discourse, nnd the remains were laid to rest in ine cemetery at lone. Mr. Sperry was a member of the I. 0. O. F. of lone nnd the Elks of Heppner, nnd these lodges attended In large numbers. "Once To Every Woman" To Be Seen In Heppner American theatregoers who revelled in the dramatic wealth of "The Heart ii,,monitv" nnd capitulated to th Irresistible qualities of "The Right to Happiness" are doubtless or tne opm inn ihni In these two nhotodramns Dor othy Phillips and Allan Holubar, star and director, have reached the heights of screen perfection. Hut the public Is asked to reserve Its final verdict until It has hnd a view of "Once to Every wnmon" the newest Un I versnl-Jewel super-production, coming to the Star Theatre on Saturday. nnnntnr nnnonl of "Once to Ev ..... nr.,n,nn" Is heightened because It deals with every-day people and treats of n theme that Is as old as humanity. Mother love Is Its keynote, and it shows the utter vanity of worldly ambition when not founded on human nffoctlon. Miss Phillips Hist appears as a school i,.t tho dnuirhter of n village black smith, who. becnuse of her good looks and sweet volco, Is the pet of tne rnm iiv she accents the sncrlflces of her parents and sisters, nnd when a visitor from New York offers to send nor abroad to have her voice trained she lenves homo with no regrets. After many dramatic episodes she finally reaches the goal of hor ambi tions the creation of the Btar role In a new grand opera In New Tork. Her humble home nnd family are forgotten Then n tremendous shock causes the loss of her voice. Her newfound friends nnd admirers leave' her. In her moth er's grent love she finds real happiness nt last. V Date this afternoon. Kenneth Mnhon ey, one of the tellers nt the First Nat ional Unnk of Heppner, was executing a turn with his Ford on the stroot near the corner of the hank, when Ussy toppled over with sufficient force to break Mr. Mnhoncy's leg near the hip. He was otherwise uninjured. THE AMATEUR LOCKSMITHS s That . COMBINATION!. """7. OF MINE J ' jJW. HERTlf A j hays 2SU iyy iTW I .1MB I Hitch School T . Condon aad Konftll Into ( limp on Trip I,nnC Wrvk, Will I'lar IM'll.iic (.imr With Lex nljctua Soon, Heppner high school's basketball team invuiled Gilliam and Wheeler counties last weekend and returned with two choice scalps hanging to tholr belts. The team had recovered from Its slump of the week before and played basketball of chamotonship calibre. Fridny evening the team met Condon, and defeated the boya of the Shamrock town by the socre of 28 to 17. Thft strength of the Heppner defense when it exerted itself, was the noitceable fea ture of this game. Chldsey and Fergu son playing at guard worked so effect ually the Condon team could not score a banket from the field during the first half, their two points were made from fouls. I the serond half Heppner slowed their play somewhat . and the Condon forwards, working tnice style. ran up a neat total of pointB. However Heppner scored a sufficient number of points to maintnin a safe lead. The Fossil game was the climax of the trip, ending with a 22 to 19 score in Heppner's favor. It is safe to say that few high srhool basketball games of the season have been played at a faster clip. The men wrung sweat from their suits like water after the game. The fight of the Heppner team which refused to be beaten, even after a fair lead was serurd by Fossil, was largely responsible for the victory. Heppner led In the play of the first ten minutes, but Fossil staged a sharp comeback and ended the first twenty minutes with a score of ten to six In her favor. At the opening of the second half spurts by both teams only served to maintain the difference of four point In the score. At the middle of the half Heppner bejtan her finish pace, and by a series of rushes tied the score. In the effort to maintain her lead Fossil staged several beautiful bits of team play. Hut two baskets in the last four minutes of piny and a smothering de fense took the heart out of Fossil and hefore she recovered the whistle blew. Heppner had no outstanding stars. Ferguson so effectually covered Morris, Fossil's star forward, that he wns un able to score a basket from the field. In addition to that our "Hindu" rang up two points with a hnir-raising shot from mid court during the first half. Chldacy, playing at standing guard, broke up many attempts of Fossil to score and after a trial or so promptly checked the set of plays of the Wheeler county men. TVteraon and Aiken were. House bill by Mr. Woodson, per checked by two good men apiece from ' taining to salaries of officers In Morrow the start, but managed to get their ' countv, has now passed both houses of usual proportion of shots. Teterson frequently took the hall at center tip off from Jenkins, the lanky Fossil cen ter, who was some seven Inches taller than "Hie." Most of Aiken's field shots wore made while he was turning sum mersaults In mid nlr. Howell's pass ing and floor work were of high order. In feeding the ball down the court to Peterson nnd Aiken he literally "smoked" It across the court. Hetoro tne game eossn was regarne.i , ns a chiimplnnsritp possibility In central Oregon. They hnd twice beaten the strong Gohlendale team and were cast ing glances nt the srnto championship finals at Salem. In the last number of years Fossil has brought severnl strong aggregations to her locnl court. In cluding The Dalles team, nnd previous to the defeat by Heppner hnd not been beaten on the homo floor. The games won last week make a to tal of five contests won and one lost. Another game with Lexington Is plan ned on the next open date. The team which made the trip to Con don nnd Fossil was composed of Aiken, Howell, Peterson, Cbldsey nnd Fergu - son, with Irwin nnd Young ns spares At Condon the tenm nut up at the new hotel and were yell pleased with the serlvce. While at Fossil they stayed nt the Commercial hotel where they re ceived royal treatment. CAIU OP THASKK. We in Ish to take this menus of kindly thnnkfng all friends for their assist ance and sympathy during the sickness and death of our beloved husband, father and brother; also for the beauti ful floral offerings of friends nnd the Neighbors of Woodcraft. MHS ETHEL ASlinAUGH AND CHll.DltKM. MUS. W. K. WAMlIUnOB. MISS ANNA ASlinAUOH. 0150HOR ASHHAUOH. GKliTRUDE NASH. TfflCT MENTION HI Lodges of I'matllla and Morrow Cona ties to be Krureaentrd la Large N US hrrs. Several Teams to Enter Coa tests An event of Importance in the history of Oddfellowship In Morrow county will occur in Heppner on Friday and Satur day. February 25th and 26th, and It gives promise of being the largest gathering of the three-link fraternity ever held within the confines of our city, or county either, for that matter. Every lodge In the district, which com prises Umatilla and Morrow counties, is expected to be represented here by large delegations, and many teams will enter the contest for esemplification of the work in the second degree. There will be presen several officers of both the Grand Lodge and Grand En campment. We are informed by members of the committee of Willow Lodge No. 66 of Heppner, whose guests the visitors will be, that the officers of the convention and the committeemen win have every thing In readiness by the middle of the coming week to properly receive and entertain all visitors. There Is to be a banquet on Friday evening, preceding a special meeting of Cayuse Encampment No. 40 for the pur pose of conferring degrees. The degree team of Umatilla Encampment No. 17 of rcndleton will take charge of the initiation of all candidates present. Because of the lack of room for car ing for such a crowd, the I. O. O. F. lodge has Becured the paillon at the fair grounds for this convention and Ihe meetings will be held there. A general Invitation la extended to all officers to attend the convention and take part as-lt Is hoped and expected to make this one of the very best conven tions which the order has ever held In the district. A Jolly good time is assured, and the officers desire that we state to the good people of Heppner that they are not to get frightened, if anything unusual happens, as it will only be the I. O. O.F. boys having a good time. Woodson Hill liaising Par of County Judge, Superintendent and Treasurer Passes the Senate. the legislature nnd will In due course become a law. This bill Increases the salaries of the county Judge, school superintendent and treasurer, the Judge and superintendent each to receive J1SO0 and the treasurer $1000 per year as compensation for their services. The bill mnkes no change in the salaries of other officials. This will Increase the sili,ry hill of the county Just 12000 per year, nnd these officials will no doubt appreciate the additional compensation So far ns wo are Informed, there was little opposition to the passage of the bill, Sheephrnler's I.len. Representative IT. J. Overtuft of Ben! himself representative from a great sheep district, was the only member of the house to have courage to fight and vote against Strayer's S. B. 76 providing that the sheepherder shnll have a, prior lion for money due him for services. Overtuff felt that in view of the heavy loans made by hankers to help finance the sheep Industry under unfavorable , market conditions, the bankers holding ! mortgages on the sheep should tie non- Hod when n herder hnd a lien against i the sheen, especially ns a herder's Hen might ent tip n considerable part of the value of the sheep or wool. Kepresen tatlvc Woodson stated that the filing of the lien wns notice enough, and that In Justice to the herders the law should be restored to what It wns years ago, when their service liens were nhead of any. nnd all other Incumbrances. This con tontlim was aggressively supported by Uepresentntlves Martin, Dnvey and Cnrsner, the house passed the bill by a vote of r 4 to 1 and has been approved by the governor. Mr. Overtuff wns the only negative, the absentees being Ben nett, llurdlck, lialhigher, Hunter and North. -Oregon Voter, I'has. Thomson departed for Portland Wednesday to be absent for a few days on business and pleasure. FIVE GREAT NEEDS OE flerond Fomaal Dlaarr of Brotherhood Held at w Hotel With Iara-e Smm ber of Men Atteadlns Father and Son Mertlar Next Month. Eighty-four men gathered at Hotel St. Patrick on Monday evening for the luncheon of the Brotherhood, and to hear what the program committee had to present concerning the five greatest needs of Heppner. President Howard M. James was In the chair and prenided with dignity, seeing to it that no fellow consumed more than his allotted time In present in his subject and keeping the machin ery of the affair moving smoothly. The band entertained during ftie luncheon with numerous good selections and re ceived deserving applause. A number of speakers were Introduced to bring before the meeting five of Heppner? greatest needs, but there was apparent ly no limit to the number of great needs , of this communfty. Prof. James led off and handed out what he thought was five of the great est needs we believe four was as far as he got when he was called by the time keeper. Frank E. McMenamin, E. U Berry. A. M. Phelps and E. M. Shutt produced their lists, dwelling in part on some of the items presented by Prof. James and adding others which ap peared to be of equal Importance. These needs included provisions for playgrounds, cooperation, the band, law enforcement, roads, electricity, club house for boys, curfew law enforce ment, public camp grounds, library, moving of depot to Heppner, cleaning up the burnt over district, improving of cemetery grounds and getting water on the hill at the cemetery, improving the efficiency of the city fire depart ment, etc., and had time permitted doubtless numerous other "needs' would have come to the front. The playground need, however, has taken concrete form and a committee was appointed to report on the feasi bility of this undertaking. Chairman James has appointed on this committee E. M. Shutt, B. F. Sorenson and J. W. Heard. A motion was made and carried that the Brotherhood endorse the county fair and this organization is now on record as standing behind the fair for the coming fall. The March meeting of the Brother hood will be a father and son luncheon, when each member Is expected to bring his own or some other man's son along as his guest. It is planned to make this a very interesting occasion and the program committee Is expected to be busy from this date forward in prepar ing suitable entertainment. Ill Vnentmons Decision Given Local Teams at Both Condon and Heppner In Con test of Wednesday Evening;. The Heppner high school debating teams have succeeded in carrying off all the laurels in the two contests In which they met teams first from lone and then on last evening from Condon The local team was awarded the unani mous decision of the Judges at Condon and Heppner, the affirmative team, consisting of Margaret Woodson and Audra Grogan, going over to Condon where they met the Gilliam county high school team, nnd the Condor, team, Em ma Smith nnd Virgil Rogers, met Heppner's negative team, Roland Hum phreys and F.lmer Peterson, here. A large audience greeted the debaters at the high school auditorium last eve ning, and they were treated to a first class handling of the subject, "Resolved, that the principle of the open shop should be adopted In the industries of the United States," by the contenders for debating honors In the state debat ing league. The young people from Condon were accompanied by their In structor, Mrs. Fischer, nnd the manner in v-hlch they handled the subject for their side shows them to be well coacji- ed. but the Heppner boys were able to convince the Judges that they had the best of the argument nnd the decision went to them. Word received from Condon Is to the effect that Miss Woodson and Miss Grogan sustolned their position so well ns to In like manner get the unanimous decision of the Judges over there. Their opponents were Leonard Crawford and Alton Johnson. They were accompanied on the Journey by Miss Pnlmateer who has their training In charge. This gives the Heppner teams a fairly good start In the Intersoholastlc debat ing contest, but they have yet other laurels to win hefore the goal of rep resenting the district In the big finals at Eugene Is reached. Our local pride prompts us to the hope that they will keep up to the standard thus far set and be able to win out In the end. Curtis Vun in Wrestle at Condon. Curtis Vault, the Honrdman wrestler, who has been In Heppner for some time past, has made a match with Vi 11 John son of Condon and will wrestle the lat ter In thnt city on Saturday evening. A match hoa also been arranged be tween Vaun nnd Glenn Hadley of Hard man, and will be staged nt the Star theater in Heppner on Friday evening. February !5. This gives promise of be ing n very Interesting match. Dot h parties ore In excellent trim nnd will put up all the "tight" there is In them. A number of fast preliminaries have al so been arranged for this occasion Hadley has beaten nil comers so far, and he will receive strong backing from the fans of his home bailiwick. J. E. Craber was down from Hard man Saturday. He reports tine weather conditions out his way and the ground thoroughly soaked. P.-T. ASSOCIATION OF DISTRICT NINE MEETS On January 2 0. a meeting of the Patron-Tea.. I, tr Association was held at Lor.e Tree s. hoolhouse. It was voted to buy a gisollne lamp for the school house. The lamp has Bince been pur chased. The matter of Joining the state I'.-T. association was also discussed. After the regular business, a program consistir.g of several musical numbers and recital. ons was given. A social hour followed, during which all pres ent enjoyed refreshments consisting of coffee, cake and sandwiches. On Fehurary 3. despite Inclement weather, a large crowd gathered to at tend an extra meeting of District No. S P.-T. Association. At this special meeting the two main features of the evening were the reading of the Lone Star Times and a debate. The paper interested old and young alike. While you were yet laughing over the latest joke on jour neighbor, you heard one a little better on yourself. The topic: Resolved, That there Is more pleasure in pursuit than possession, was ably debated by both sides, under the com petent leadership of Dwight Misner and Phil Dolierty. Social hour and refresh ments followed. District 1 has another P.-T. Associa tion meeting on February 17 at Lone Tree school house. Tou are Invited. R. V. V. Forest News. The snow is about four feet deep on the summit of the mountains at the head of Willow creek. At snow stake No. 31 on the head of Ditch creek snow is recorded at forty-four Inches. On the head of Big Butter creek at snow staTe No. 44 snow is reported at twenty six inches. A couple of cougars are reported to be preying upon the deer In the Black Mountain region. Cougars troubled the sheep in this vicinity last summer. Os car Davis, while herding for B. B. Kelly killed one on Pole creek and oth ers were seen later. Harrv Welch was over from Pendle ton on Tuesday. He states that busi ness is moving along fairly well in the L'matilla county metropolis. Hsnrv C. Ashbaugh. a respected citi zen of Heppner for many years past, died at his home in this city on Sunday at B 30 n m.. the immediate cause of his demise being a carbuncle on the back of his neck. He became afflicted about fivp Hnvs before and after being operat ed upon he gradually grew worse when the ptut rame rather suddenly on Sun day evening. Mr. Ashbaugh was aged 42 years and 3 months, and he leaves a nnd two small daughters, Elisa beth and Henrietta, besides a brother, George Ashbaugh, who resides In this city. Mr Ashbaugh was a native of Kerry pontitv Ohio, and he had been a resi dent of Heppner for 23 years, during the greater part of which he conauctea a hinWnmlth and machine shop In this city, but on account of failing health he was obliged to retire from the heavy vrnrk in connection with his business o,i,t ohont n vear aeo he sold out Just recently he disposed of what business nrnnortv he had left adjoining the ma- tih bon. nnd It was his plan to take his family and make a visit to his boy hood home and spend the most of the rr,ir,o- t In looking tne country over, seeking a new location. Ho - married to Miss Ethel Wal- bridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. vcnihridc-e nloneer residents of this city, on December 21, 1904, and to them three children were born. The eldesr. a son, died when but a few months of age. ir,-,. Aehhnnch was a good citiien hhrhlv resoected In this community. He was devoted to his family and very kind and considerate of them at nil times. He had built a nice home in u.,., od hnd It not been for his falling health he was prepared to enjoy many years of happy life. His funeral ,.-. hold nt the Federated churcn on Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Stephen D. Phelps delivering the discourse, and in terment was in Masonic cemetery. v McMenamin attended the meet ing of the executive committee of the Umatilla Rapids Tower Site association in rendleton Saturday. From what Mac says it is no picnic getting ovtr to the Umatilla county seat town .,i tho.o davs. In many places the roads are very bad, especially in Mor row county. District Nine Pupils Give Pa triotic Program and Party Fridnv afternoon, the seventh of Feb ruary, fathers nnd mothers of District Nine school were guests of honor at a ,triotio nroc-r.nn and Valentine party rivon hv the minlls. The afternoons entertainment was well attended. The following program was presented. Song. America, by School and Guests Flag Salute s"-'"00' Recitation. Patriotism" Hill ooner Reading. Gettysburg Address Blanche Imus Flag Exercise 8lx C'M Song. Medley oho1 Kecitation. "Washington's Lite" Elda Zinl; Recitation. "Schoolhouse Flag1' Otia 1'uus Recitation. "He Knew Lincoln" Mary Poherty Quotations from Washington and Lincoln s,'hol Kecitation. "The Flag" Esther Imus Recitation. "My Valentine" Emma Ageo Illustrated Itlaekbonrd Talk Mary Dohertv Recitation. "'"Lincoln" Irene Imus Song, "Betsy Koss' School Toasts to Washington and Lincoln . Aiary ,ic n-u Then came the fun. The Valentine box was opened and all received his share of Valentines. After games ami refreshments, the party broke up late 'n the afternoon. R. V. V COMMERCIAL CLUB HOLDS IIS ELECTION P. A. XrHnmli I tkews President mm Jim. W. Prltsen Made Secretary. Treasurer. Krtirlnc Serrrtsrr Pre sents Plaanelal Statement. There was a well attended meeting of the Commercial Club at the new hotel last Friday evening, at which tlmn a number of matters of importance were taken up and acted upon. The principal event of the evening was the election of officers for the ensuing year, and this was accomplished without any ap parent opposition, F. A. McMenamin being chosen president and Jos. W. Fritsch secretary-treasurer by unani mous vote. Prior to the election and at the be ginning of the meeting, President Thomson called W. W. Smead to pre side. Reports were called for from repre sentatives of the club who attended the Pendleton meeting of the promoters of the Umatilla power site project, and F. A. McMenamin and Jos. W. Fritsch re sponded in such manner as to Illus trate they were yet quite thoroughly innoculated with the spirit Imbibed at Pendleton on the Saturday before, and after each speaker had shown the ad vantage to be derived from the getting of cheap and abundant electric power from the proposed project, and streesed. Its great importance to Heppner, they were followed by a general discussion and then the club went on record as strongly favoring the project and are now behind It. It was directed that a resolution be drawn up endorsing Senator Cham berlain for a place on the United Btatet Shipping Board and that same be for warded to Senator McXary to be by him presented to President Harding. Another feature of the evening was to have been an address on the high way situation by Commissioner Bar ratt, but he had been called away ou business in connection with his office. President Thomson urged the club to cooperate with Mr. Barratt In every possible way in his efforts to get the Willow creek highway completed to Heppner. " The newly elected officers mafde short addresses in which they outlined to some extent their policies after which adjournment was had. The retiring secretary, S. A. Pattison, who has held the office for the past two years, presented to the meeting the fol lowing brief financial statement: Received from contributing members from Jan. 1, 1920, to Feb. 1, 1921, $2429.50. Received from banquet tick ets sold, 1123.50, a total of 12548.00. During that time the amount checked out was J2197.39, leaving a balance on hand in the two banks of $350.61. A statement in detail of expenditures showed the following items: Paid to band leader, $900; expenses of delegates to various conventions and meetings, $193.15; banquets, J27S-SS; dues to other organisations, $20.00; printing 5,000 booklets, $175.00: other printing and rostage, $92.53; clerlcat work, $7.50; and miscellaneous expenses $:43.55. Of the miscellaneous items the fol lowing were of importance: Donation to Heppner Hotel company to pay for electric light fixtures for the hotel and the cost of installation. S4S1.00; wiring hand stand. $17.30. The club now has 5S contributing members, the monthly contributions raning from 50 cents to $20, and total ing $153.00 per month. F1KST CHRISTIAN' CHURCH. Sunday, February 30, 1821. Theme for the morning sermon will be. "The Good Confession," and the Bi ble School and Communion will be held as usual. The Christian Kiuleavor will hold their regular meeting, and follow ing that at 7:30 the pastor will preach a sermon to the business men of Hepp ner. and every business man In the town is cordially invited to attend. The theme w ill be "The Gospel In Bus iness." Everyone welcome at all of these ser vices. LIVINGSTONE, Minister. HOI K TO HEM 3 rooms, bath and sleepinc porch Itiiiuire this ofllce. tf. U. S. Army SHOES We have a few slight ly used Good as New Army Shoes on hand at low price of $2 and $3 a pair Just the thing for lamb ing or farm work-an all round outdoor shoe Get yours while they ast at BOWERS' Shoe Shop